The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-07-08
DEATH OF MALIBRAN.
DRAMATIC ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT
SINGERS FATAL sWooN.

Response TO the Demands Of an Impatient
Audience-Disastrous Results of Physi-
clans Nfistale--Terrible Minutes of Fear
and Suspense Too Late.
M Legouve, in his volume of Souvenirs OF
Sixty Years. just published, gives, among
many charming remembrance OF Malibran,
a dramatic account Of her death, the recital
Of which will not be out OF point here. II
was at Manchester in England, fifty years
ago Malibran was at the summit Of fame
when she came thither, accompanied by her
husband. Beriot, the wonderful violnist, u
attend a musical festival She was suffering
severely from the effects Of fall from q
spirited horse which she had persisted--in
spite Of many warrington mounting; but
she made her appearance at the concert and
sang like an angel As she stepped from the
stage into the wings she fell in aswoon. Out.
side the audience was recalling her with that
frenzy which Anglo-Saxon audiences put into
an encore when they wish 10 make singer
sing more than she has been paid for The
swoon continued, and the announcement was
about 10 be made that Madame Malibran
would not be able TO appear again that even
ing.
The manager Of the concerts was about
going upon the stage TO face the impatient
audience, when Malibran opened her peerles,
eyes, arose, checked the manager and-stag
gering forward until she was in view-seemed
then all at once seized by an inspiration, and
sang her encore more divinely than she had
ever been heard TO sing before. She retired
under tempestuous applause, but sank down
again in dealthly faint as she reached Oh,
friendly shelter Of the wings. She was car
ried 10 the green-room, and physician wal
sent for.
THE PHYSICIANS FATAL MISTAKE.
At the same moment, and without having
any suspicion that his wife wos In danger
Beriot who came next on the programme
stepped upon the stage from the opposit,
wing with his beloved X'olin, and began on,
Of the astonishing ans with variations for
which he was famous. Meantime Iablache
who had seen MalibranS condition, had goI
the physician 10 her side, and was stupcfed e
hear him say that she must be bled He had
always been told that she must never be bled
in one Of the fainting fits following upon her
exalted words, for the bleeding would b,
fatal
ut must not be donelr he cried 10 the doc
tor. "She must be blcd, persisted the phySi
clan, "or she may die OF sufocation In an In
stantn "No, no, nor pleaded Loblachc; "dC
not dare 20 do IL until | have brought hei
husband here--but he is at this instant on Oh,
stage In her husbands name speak Wait
will go and fetch himln Lablache rushed
madly 10 the wings Beriot was now in the
midst OF his great aria, and was calmly per.
forming his artistic task. At ench freEl
wonder the audience shouted with delight
Lablache, with death in his heart, whispered,
beckoned frantically, even shouted 10 Boriot;
but the unhappy husband absorbed in his
art, heard nothing save the acclamntions OF
his auditors. Lablacho was almost beside
himself with fear and suspense, when &C last
Beriot was liberated and left the stage. "Your
wife has fainted-is perhaps dying. They
wish 10 bleed herin
Beriot and Lablache few together 20 the
greenroom. 10 was too late. From IL.
naked arm OF Malibran the blood was flowing
The physician, despite the warning OF those
who knew Malibrans temperament better
than he did had insisted upon opening a vein
and thirty-six hours afteward Malibran wa
dead. Lablache used 10 say that among III,
most terrible minutes OF his life were thoas
that he passed while waiting In the wings FOL
Beriot 20 finish his variations Exchange.